Arctium lappa | Burdock Puzzle how to establish a winter

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They make a great ground cover or can be used to edge a path

they’re just the right size to hold the living herbs available from supermarkets

Prefers a slightly more neutral to acidic soil for best results

Arctium lappa | Burdock Puzzle how to establish a winterAlso known as greater burdock, edible burdock, or lappa. This biennial plant can grow as high as 3 metres in the right conditions. In the first year you'll see the leaves bulking out, and then the second year the stem grows and flowers. Foliage is green, with round, thistle like burrs topped with purple flowers. This plant is great in the cottage garden, medicinal garden, for cut flowers (for the brave florist) and for beneficial insects. Best in full